Posted: 4/26/2014 10:29:31 AM EDT
| With 47.6% calcium hypochlorite. What is the other 52.4%? |
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Looks like sodium chloride, calcium chlorate, calcium chloride, calcium hydroxide, calcium carbonate, magnesium sulfate heptahydrate, and water. The MSDS for Shock n' Swim is here. |
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I better hold out for more available chlorine. .. Holding out is a good idea. Pound for pound the 84% tablets are almost 50% MORE available chlorine. Instead of buying " pool shock ". I use a 3 pound mallet to carefully pulverize one or two 3 inch tablets. Disperse in pool as usual. It works better than the " shock " because there is less white inert material mixed with chlorine. |
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Holding out is a good idea. Pound for pound the 84% tablets are almost 50% MORE available chlorine. Instead of buying " pool shock ". I use a 3 pound mallet to carefully pulverize one or two 3 inch tablets. Disperse in pool as usual. It works better than the " shock " because there is less white inert material mixed with chlorine. Quoted:
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I better hold out for more available chlorine. .. Holding out is a good idea. Pound for pound the 84% tablets are almost 50% MORE available chlorine. Instead of buying " pool shock ". I use a 3 pound mallet to carefully pulverize one or two 3 inch tablets. Disperse in pool as usual. It works better than the " shock " because there is less white inert material mixed with chlorine. 1) Trichlor (aka pool chlorine tablets) will harm your pool finish if it sits in contact with it... pulverizing it will cause it to dissolve faster but, unfortuantely, faster than really slow is not exactly fast... 2) I don't think batman is going to be using the shock to sanitize his swimming pool... but I could be mistaken... |
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If this is for disinfecting water for drinking try getting Sodium dichloroisocyanurate, it is also sold as pool shock and works quite well.
http://www.positivepoolwholesale.com/chemicals-1/shocks |
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Holding out is a good idea. Pound for pound the 84% tablets are almost 50% MORE available chlorine. Instead of buying " pool shock ". I use a 3 pound mallet to carefully pulverize one or two 3 inch tablets. Disperse in pool as usual. It works better than the " shock " because there is less white inert material mixed with chlorine. Quoted:
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I better hold out for more available chlorine. .. Holding out is a good idea. Pound for pound the 84% tablets are almost 50% MORE available chlorine. Instead of buying " pool shock ". I use a 3 pound mallet to carefully pulverize one or two 3 inch tablets. Disperse in pool as usual. It works better than the " shock " because there is less white inert material mixed with chlorine. I don't have a pool.... 
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Holding out is a good idea. Pound for pound the 84% tablets are almost 50% MORE available chlorine. Instead of buying " pool shock ". I use a 3 pound mallet to carefully pulverize one or two 3 inch tablets. Disperse in pool as usual. It works better than the " shock " because there is less white inert material mixed with chlorine. Quoted:
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I better hold out for more available chlorine. .. Holding out is a good idea. Pound for pound the 84% tablets are almost 50% MORE available chlorine. Instead of buying " pool shock ". I use a 3 pound mallet to carefully pulverize one or two 3 inch tablets. Disperse in pool as usual. It works better than the " shock " because there is less white inert material mixed with chlorine. No. There is more than double the amount of white, inert material in tabs as shock. That 84% active ingredient tablet actually contains about 40% Cyanuric Acid (stabilizer) and 44% sodium trichloro-s-triazinetrione for a total of 84%. Most shocks are at least 50% calcium hypochlorite and you can find well over 60% at a pool store. Arch chemicals, the makers of HTH, also make a higher end line of pool chemicals under the Poolife name and their Turboshock contains 78% cal-hypo - the highest available in the world. If your water storage isn't exposed to sunlight CyA is not necessary. |
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Be careful how and where you store it. It will off gas chlorine and will corrode just about anything metallic stored near it, even if it's still sealed in the plastic baggies from the factory. True dat. If you don't have it in a tightly sealed pail or bucket it will be like putting an ocean in your garage...... |
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info on using pool shock for water purification:
http://water.epa.gov/drink/emerprep/emergencydisinfection.cfm You can use granular calcium hypochlorite to disinfect water. Add and dissolve one heaping teaspoon of high-test granular calcium hypochlorite (approximately ¼ ounce) for each two gallons of water, or 5 milliliters (approximately 7 grams) per 7.5 liters of water. The mixture will produce a stock chlorine solution of approximately 500 milligrams per liter, since the calcium hypochlorite has available chlorine equal to 70 percent of its weight. To disinfect water, add the chlorine solution in the ratio of one part of chlorine solution to each 100 parts of water to be treated. This is roughly equal to adding 1 pint (16 ounces) of stock chlorine to each 12.5 gallons of water or (approximately ½ liter to 50 liters of water) to be disinfected. To remove any objectionable chlorine odor, aerate the disinfected water by pouring it back and forth from one clean container to another. You can use chlorine tablets to disinfect filtered and settled water. Chlorine tablets containing the necessary dosage for drinking water disinfection can be purchased in a commercially prepared form. These tablets are available from drug and sporting goods stores and should be used as stated in the instructions. When instructions are not available, use one tablet for each quart or liter of water to be purified. You can use tincture of iodine to disinfect filtered and settled water. Common household iodine from the medicine chest or first aid kit may be used to disinfect water. Add five drops of 2% U.S. or your country’s approved Pharmacopeia tincture of iodine to each quart or liter of clear water. For cloudy water add ten drops and let the solution stand for at least 30 minutes. You can use iodine tablets to disinfect filtered and settled water. Purchase commercially prepared iodine tablets containing the necessary dosage for drinking water disinfection at drug and sporting goods stores. Use as stated in instructions. When instructions are not available, use one tablet for each quart or liter of filtered and settled water to be purified. |
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i cant remember the EXACT type, but i THINK i bought. calcium hypochlorite, in a really high percentage. i bought maybe 5-10 lbs, and have it stored in the garage. please excuse the lack of precise descriptions, but at the time i did do research, and it was the type that was highly suggested by various agencies, for water purification. i believe my 5-10 lbs were good to purify around 10,000 gallons at least.
i bought it from ebay, as i could not find it locally, as the kind i wanted without algecides etc in it. i bought it as a back up water plan, along with a set of the 5 gallon bucket charcoal filters, and a pocket water filter. |
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That 84% active ingredient tablet actually contains about 40% Cyanuric Acid (stabilizer) and 44% sodium trichloro-s-triazinetrione for a total of 84%. Most shocks are at least 50% calcium hypochlorite and you can find well over 60% at a pool store. Arch chemicals, the makers of HTH, also make a higher end line of pool chemicals under the Poolife name and their Turboshock contains 78% cal-hypo - the highest available in the world. If your water storage isn't exposed to sunlight CyA is not necessary. This. Cyanuric acid is REALLY bad for you, do NOT use products containing it for water purification. Poollife Turboshock is awesome stuff, you can find it on eBay pretty cheap, here's a six-pack for 31.99 shipped: http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-POOLIFE-SWIMMING-POOL-SPA-TURBO-SHOCK-78-CALCIUM-HYPOCHLORITE-6-PACK-/200981147668 That's enough to treat approx. 60,000 gallons of water, which ought to hold you over for a while. 
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This. Cyanuric acid is REALLY bad for you, do NOT use products containing it for water purification. Poollife Turboshock is awesome stuff, you can find it on eBay pretty cheap, here's a six-pack for 31.99 shipped: http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-POOLIFE-SWIMMING-POOL-SPA-TURBO-SHOCK-78-CALCIUM-HYPOCHLORITE-6-PACK-/200981147668 That's enough to treat approx. 60,000 gallons of water, which ought to hold you over for a while.
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That 84% active ingredient tablet actually contains about 40% Cyanuric Acid (stabilizer) and 44% sodium trichloro-s-triazinetrione for a total of 84%. Most shocks are at least 50% calcium hypochlorite and you can find well over 60% at a pool store. Arch chemicals, the makers of HTH, also make a higher end line of pool chemicals under the Poolife name and their Turboshock contains 78% cal-hypo - the highest available in the world. If your water storage isn't exposed to sunlight CyA is not necessary. This. Cyanuric acid is REALLY bad for you, do NOT use products containing it for water purification. Poollife Turboshock is awesome stuff, you can find it on eBay pretty cheap, here's a six-pack for 31.99 shipped: http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-POOLIFE-SWIMMING-POOL-SPA-TURBO-SHOCK-78-CALCIUM-HYPOCHLORITE-6-PACK-/200981147668 That's enough to treat approx. 60,000 gallons of water, which ought to hold you over for a while.
thats about the same deal i bought. i forgot it would treat THAT much water.... lol... |